On this appeal, the only issue that need be determined is whether Surrogate's Court has subject matter jurisdiction over an application by the administrator of a decedent's estate for preaction disclosure to aid in bringing a wrongful death action. We respond in the negative and therefore reverse the order of Surrogate's Court denying respondents' motion to stay disclosure.
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